FACS Presidents

mculha2@gmail.com

Prof. Mustafa Çulha

2023-2025

TBD

jrhwu@mx.nthu.edu.tw

Prof. Reuben Jih-Ru Hwu

2019-2023

Reuben Jih-Ru Hwu is a Distinguished Chair Professor at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. He obtained a Ph.D. degree from Stanford University (1978–1982), served as a professor at Johns Hopkins University (1982–91), Academia Sinica, and National Central University. He published over 225 research articles and 50 patents on new synthetic methods and reagents, drug design and synthesis, and nano-biomaterials for drug delivery. He was President of the Asian Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (2012­–13), President of the Chinese American Chemical Society USA (1991–93), and Dean of College of Science, National Central University (2007–10). He is a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2019–), Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry (2005–), Fellow of IUPAC (2000–), and Fellow of The Third World Academy of Sciences (1999–). He received the Third World Academy of Sciences Award, Nano Industrial Technology Excellence Award, National Biotech and Medical Care Quality Award, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow Award USA, National Academic Research Innovation Award, Japan Ming-Yu-Wen-Hwa Award, FACS 1993 Distinguished Young Chemist Award, and The Outstanding Young Persons of the World for 1994.

david.winkler@monash.edu

Prof. Dave Winkler

2017-2019

Winkler is a computational chemist with strong research interests in the interaction of matter and biology, holds B.Sc. in chemistry, chemical engineering (Monash), physics (RMIT), and a Ph.D. in chemical physics and radioastronomy (Monash). He was a chief research scientist at CSIRO for 30 years, visiting fellow at Oxford and Kyoto Universities, Imperial College London, and the University of Calgary. He published about 250 research papers, book chapters, and 25 patents. He is currently a chemistry and physics professor at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Adjunct Professor at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, visiting Professor in pharmacy at the University of Nottingham, and a Fellow in evolutionary robotics at CSIRO Data61. He provided key IP for three startup companies – Betabiotics, Asymmetrex, and Vectus Biosystem. He is a past President of the Asian Federation for Medicinal Chemistry, served on Boards of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Science & Technology Australia, and is a member of the Australian Academy of Science’s National Committee for Chemistry. He received the Herman Skolnik award from the ACS, Distinguished Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), and the RACI’s Adrien Albert Award.

jasimahmad47@gmail.com

Prof. Jasim Uddin Ahmad

2015-2017

Chairman of the 16ACC, Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 18-21, 2015

Prof. Supawan Tantayanon

2011-2013
Chairman of the 14ACC, Bangkok, Thailand, September 5-8, 2011.

Prof. Chunli Bai

2009-2011
Chairman of the 13ACC, Shanghai, China, September 13-16, 2009.

NA

Prof. Soon Ting Kueh

2007-2009
Chairman of the 12ACC, 2007

NA

Prof. Junghun Suh

2005-2007

Chairman of the 11ACC, 2005

NA

Prof. Ho Si Thoang

2003-2005
Chairman of the 10ACC, 2003

Prof. Barry Neil Noller

2001-2003

Chairman of the 9ACC, 2001

NA

Prof. Johnsee Lee

1999-2001

Chairman of the 8ACC, 1999

NA

Prof. Hitoshi Ohtaki

1997-1999

Chairman of the 7ACC, 1997

NA

Prof. Fortunato Sevilla III

1995-1997

Chairman of the 6ACC, 1995

NA

Prof. Mohinder Singh

1993-1995

Chairman of the 5ACC, 1993

NA

Prof. Guang Xian Xu

1991-1993
Chairman of the 4ACC, 1991

NA

Prof. Tom H. Spurling

1989-1991
Chairman of the 3ACC, 1989

NA

Prof. Sang Up Choi

1987-1989
Chairman of the 2ACC, 1997

NA

Prof. H. H. Huang

1985-1987
Chairman of the 1ACC, 1995

NA

Prof. Mahdi H. Hnoosh

1983-1985
Chairman of the 1ACC, 1995

NA

Prof. B. C. Sekhar

1981-1983
Chairman of the 1ACC, 1995

NA

Prof. Kamchorn Manuapichu

1979-1981
Chairman of the 1ACC, 1995